Talk:Vätsäri Wilderness Area

Latest comment: 12 years ago by MathewTownsend in topic GA Review
Good articleVätsäri Wilderness Area has been listed as one of the Geography and places good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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September 14, 2012Good article nomineeListed
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Vätsäri Wilderness Area in Lapland, which covers an area of 1,550 square kilometers (600 sq mi), includes taiga forests of Scots Pine and thousands of small lakes (pictured)?

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Reviewer: MathewTownsend (talk · contribs) 18:51, 12 September 2012 (UTC) Hi, I'll review this! MathewTownsend (talk) 18:51, 12 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

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The article is fine. I just have a few questions about the wording. I've made some edits that you're free to revert:[1]

  • "fish planting"? - introduce fish?
  • "planting of fish" - stocking with fish?
  • "The freedom to roam grants everyone the right " - this "right" is a law or what?
    • It is both a cultural norm, a common practice and it is codified. It applies throughout the Nordic Countries, not just in designated protected areas. Its a bit like the term "private property", although it may be codified, the concept is much broader and older than the laws which govern it. My point in the article was that these rights are governed at a higher level than just being enforced by law in the wilderness area. Arsenikk (talk) 06:01, 14 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Meanwhile, I'll put the article on hold. Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 23:45, 12 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the review and comments. Everything should be looked into now. Arsenikk (talk) 06:01, 14 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
  • I made a few more minor edits[2] which you're free to revert.

GA review-see WP:WIAGA for criteria (and here for what they are not)

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  7. Overall:
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    Pass!